Pocket



R. NIGQL, Jr.

POCKET.

. Pateutd May 29,1883.

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"UNITED STATES PATENT `OliliICc i nonnnrnioonun., on osHKosH,Wisconsin.l

POCKET.

srncrrrcA'rroN forming part of Letters Patent No. 278,587, aateaivray2o, 188e.

I Application iiledNovcmber 24,1882. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern Be' it known that I, ROBERT Nicol., J r., of`Oshkosh, in the county of `Winnebago and` 'State of Wisconsin, haveinvented a new and new and improved pocket for holding pen--` cils,eombs,vpocketscissors, a watch, money, and other articles, in such amanner that the said articles cannot be dropped out of the pocket, andcannot lbe removed from the same` without exerting sufcient force tocall the attention of the owner tothe attempt being o made to remove thearticles.

The invention consists in a pocket which is 'provided with alongitudinal partition which is secured between `its ends to one of thesides of the pocket, whereby a vseries of compartments for pencils,watches, money, toilet articles, Svc., will be formed, which articlesare held within the pocket by an elastic band passed around the same,whichelastic bandis preferably held in` a metal strip secured 'to oneside ofthe pocket, as hereinafter fully described, andpointed out in theclaims.

Referenceis to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis speciiication, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

l Figure 1 is a perspective view of my im` proved pencil and watchpocket.. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is asectional plan view of the. same on th line or fr, Fig. 2. i

" y The pocket A is made of leather, cloth, buckskin, duck, canvas, orany other suitable material, pliable leather being preferred. The pocketis providedwith a longitudinal partition, B, whichidivides the pocketinto two parts longitudinally,ot' whichone part is to be used for awatch or money, and the other partis to be used for pencils,a comb,'pocketscissors, a tooth-brush, or other toilet articles that are to becarried in the pocket. The longitudinal partition B is att'ached to oneof the sides of the pocket for the purpose of dividingthe comb andpencil pocket into two parts,

G is for a comb and other toilet articles, and

Disfor a' pencil or pen holder. A metal` strip, E, having thelongitudinal edges bent over to form grooved flanges, is attached to theouter surface of one of the sides of the pocket in such a manner thatthat side of the strip containing the grooveid flanges will be exposed.`An elastic band, F, is passed around the pocket and rests on the stripE, the edges of the elastic` band passing within the grooved flanges ofthe 'said strip. The

elastic band presses the sides of the pocket together and presses ou theobjects contained in the pocket, and 4thus prevents them from droppingout, and also affords some resistance to drawing them out of the pocket,the latter being held extended in the direction of its width by themetal strip. For instance, if a Watchl :is placed in the pocket, theelastic band will press the sides of the pocket togetherI above the topof the Watch, and thus render it difficult for any other person than theowner to withdraw the watch.

In place of the elasticband, a spring of any other kind can be used topress the sides of the pocket together.

A shield, G, of cloth or o to the side of the pocket in such a manner asto overlap and cover the strip E, andthus pre-` vent the same fromrubbing against the cloth of the garment and wearing o and ruining thesame.

AThis pocket is to be attached to vests, but it can be attached to coatsor other garments as well. worn out it can easily be replaced by anotherWithout removing the pocket from the garment.4

Having thus fully described my-inveutiou, I vclaim as new and desiretosecure by Letters Patent-` In case the elastic band becomes C andD, asshown in Fig. 3, of which parts 5o leather, is attached 1. Thecombination, with apocket,of arigid herein shown and described.

4. The combination, withy the pocket A, of the metal strip Eftheelastic'bandF, and the zo shield Gr, substantially as-herein shown anddescribed, and for the purpose set forth. l

ROBERT NICOL, JR.

strip secured to the pocket and an elastic band surrounding,` thepocket, substantially as 3. The combination, with a pocket, of the metalstrip E, secured to the same, and the elastic baud F, heid to the saidmetal strip, substantially as herein shown and described, and for thepurpose set forth.

Witnesses: Y

ALBERT TURQK, J oHN A. ERWIN.

